2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Olga Cristea  Moldova
Silver	Winny Chebet  Kenya
Bronze	Rebekah Noble  United States

Results

Final

18 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:04.52
	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:04.59
	Rebekah Noble	United States	2:04.90
4	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:05.05
5	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	2:05.23
6	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:05.43
7	Aïcha Rezig	Algeria	2:06.22
8	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:07.71

Semifinals

16 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:06.37	Q
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:06.41	Q
3	Emma Jackson	United Kingdom	2:06.43
4	Shannon Leinert	United States	2:07.67
5	Agnieszka Sowinska	Poland	2:08.47
6	Antonija Zalac	Croatia	2:11.19
7	Ruriko Kubo	Japan	2:11.47
8	Boglárka Bozzay	Hungary	2:14.08

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	2:05.04	Q
2	Aïcha Rezig	Algeria	2:05.45	Q
3	Rebekah Noble	United States	2:05.56	q
4	Ayako Jinnouchi	Japan	2:05.63
5	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:07.07
6	Veera Duman	Estonia	2:11.48
7	Muriel Coneo	Colombia	2:13.15
8	Machteld Mulder	Netherlands	2:15.17

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:04.76	Q
2	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:05.02	Q
3	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:05.57	q
4	Zoe Buckman	Australia	2:05.60
5	Danielle Christmas	United Kingdom	2:07.26
6	Annett Horna	Germany	2:07.54
7	Frida Flodström	Sweden	2:09.34
8	Flavious Teresa Kwamboka	Kenya	2:12.41

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:08.60	Q
2	Rebekah Noble	United States	2:08.97	Q
3	Agnieszka Sowinska	Poland	2:08.97	Q
4	Zoe Buckman	Australia	2:09.02	Q
5	Anne Kesselring	Germany	2:10.09
6	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:10.20
7	Cristina Guevara	Mexico	2:18.59

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emma Jackson	United Kingdom	2:05.68	Q
2	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:06.85	Q
3	Annett Horna	Germany	2:07.78	Q
4	Flavious Teresa Kwamboka	Kenya	2:08.13	Q
5	Huang Jing	China	2:08.69
6	Jhuma Khatun	India	2:12.31
7	Elena Batrinu	Romania	2:13.29
8	Merve Aydın	Turkey	2:17.16

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	2:06.08	Q
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:06.43	Q
3	Aïcha Rezig	Algeria	2:06.92	Q
4	Antonija Zalac	Croatia	2:07.09	Q
5	Shannon Leinert	United States	2:07.24	q
6	Muriel Coneo	Colombia	2:08.05	q
6	Veera Duman	Estonia	2:08.05	q
8	Angela Wagner	South Africa	2:08.51

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:06.19	Q
2	Ruriko Kubo	Japan	2:06.84	Q
3	Machteld Mulder	Netherlands	2:06.91	Q
4	Frida Flodström	Sweden	2:07.12	Q
5	Boglárka Bozzay	Hungary	2:07.87	q
6	Tong Xiaomei	China	2:09.26
7	María Panou	Greece	2:12.88

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:07.54	Q
2	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:07.56	Q
3	Ayako Jinnouchi	Japan	2:07.71	Q
4	Danielle Christmas	United Kingdom	2:08.53	Q
5	Maryna Katovich	Belarus	2:09.30
6	Irina Zudikhina	Uzbekistan	2:09.65
7	Cyndie Sabattini	France	2:11.52

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  China (2)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Estonia (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  Uzbekistan (1)
•  Zambia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015